Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others.

Man's guilt in history and in the tides of his own blood has been complicated by technology, the daily seeping falsehearted death.

Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission.

Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

It's healthier to reject certain cautions than fall in line.